Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1940, The British Commonwealth, The Soviet Union, The Near East and Africa, Volume III

740.0011 European War 1939/6287: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Beirut (Palmer)

Washington, October 31, 1940—3 p.m.

87. The Chargé d’Affaires at Vichy in reporting on French reaction to the Italian attack on Greece³⁷ states:

“It is privately admitted in certain official circles that if Turkey is drawn in, the allegiance of Syria to the Vichy regime will promptly be severed.”

Please comment.

Hull

37. Telegram No. 845, October 28, 9 p.m., not printed.